Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Scotts Miracle-Gro has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 22.85% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 22.85%, up 1055.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 22.85% (up 1055.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.35%, up 862.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 22.85% for Q1 2026 at Scotts Miracle-Gro, up from 20.09% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 22.85% in Q1 2026 to a low of 18.36% in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 4.56% (2023), against an average of 3.82%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 3287 bps in 2023 and soared 1643 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Scotts Miracle-Gro's Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.64% in 2022, then jumped by 49 bps to 6.42% in 2023, then surged by 240 bps to 9.0% in 2024, then jumped by 123 bps to 20.09% in 2025, then grew by 14 bps to 22.85% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 22.85% (Q1 2026), 20.09% (Q4 2025), and 16.94% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.